By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribubemedia.net

MORE than 1,000 Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) customers are currently without electricity due to non-payment, the company has confirmed.

As of July 25, 2025, a total of 1,128 customers had been disconnected, the lowest figure recorded in the past seven months.

Data covering the period from January 25 to July 25 shows the highest number of disconnections occurred in March, when 2,683 customers were cut off. February recorded 2,426 disconnections, April 2,239, May 1,961, and June 1,252, indicating a steady decline from April through June.

Meanwhile, residents in Eleuthera, Cat Island, Abaco and Long Island will receive a 50 percent rebate on their next bills following repeated issues with power outages.

Earlier this month, BPL pledged it would not disconnect Eleuthera customers during the week of August for overdue bills, amid rising anger over frequent and prolonged outages.

While acknowledging it is “common practice for the company to do so on past due accounts,” BPL told Tribune Business there would be no disconnection exercise on the island. Concerns had mounted after social media posts urged customers to clear their accounts ahead of a disconnection exercise that was believed to be scheduled for August 5 to 8.